# Accident 20170522004649A: Schweizer 269C-1, Eden Prairie, MN, May 22, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2017, 15:30 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2032S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2032S-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 185 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170522004649A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE CONDUCTING A HOVERING AUTOROTATION ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE ALLOWING THE MAIN ROTORS TO CONTACT THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA296), May 22, 2017: Schweizer 269C (N2032S), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of lateral control while practicing autorotations from a hover and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a bounced landing and dynamic roll-over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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